How to Send Mail to Someone at Oklahoma County Jail (so it reaches them)

Oklahoma County uses a two-address system for incoming mail - and sending to the wrong one is the fastest way to get your letter bounced back. Regular letters (plus limited paper and photos) go to a PO Box in Texas, where they're scanned and delivered digitally. Magazines, newspapers, books, and other bulk items? Those skip the PO Box entirely and must be mailed directly to the jail in Oklahoma City.

For letters that will be scanned and delivered digitally, address the envelope exactly like this: Inmate Name, Booking# Oklahoma County Detention Center PO BOX 591 Longview, Texas 75606 Include both the person's full name and their OCDC booking/identifying number. Don't forget your return address - mail without one won't make it through the scanning process.

Keep it simple. Only mail that fits within 8.5 inches by 11 inches will be accepted for scanning, so stick to standard letter-sized paper. There's also a hard page limit: five pages max. Go over that, and your entire mailing gets returned - nothing scanned, nothing delivered.

Including a photo? Send just one. Oklahoma County Jail allows a single photo per mailing. Include more, and the whole thing gets returned - nothing scanned, nothing delivered. Write on one side of the paper only. Mail is scanned front-side only, so anything with writing on the back gets sent right back to you.

Magazines, newspapers, books, and bulk mail don't go to the Longview PO Box. Send them there, and they'll come right back to you. For those items, mail directly to the facility: 201 N. Shartel Ave, OKC, OK 73102. Follow OCDC's mail guidelines for what's allowed.

Checklist

• ✓ Use the Texas PO Box for letters you want scanned/digitally delivered; use the Oklahoma City facility address for magazines, newspapers, books, and bulk items
• ✓ Address scanned mail to: Inmate Name, Booking#; Oklahoma County Detention Center; PO BOX 591; Longview, Texas 75606
• ✓ Use standard 8.5" x 11" paper only
• ✓ Keep it to 5 pages or fewer (over 5 pages will be returned)
• ✓ Include no more than 1 photo per mailing (more than 1 photo = the whole mailing is returned)
• ✓ Don’t write on the back of any page (front-side-only scanning)